STATE v. BINETTE


190 A.2d 744 (1963)

STATE of Maine v. Raoul J. BINETTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 17, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Harvey, Biddeford, for plaintiff.

Charles W. Smith, Saco, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN, SIDDALL and DUBORD, JJ.


WEBBER, Justice.

On exceptions. A demurrer to an indictment was overruled by the justice below. The indictment, intended to charge the crime of cheating by false pretenses (omitting the formal portions thereof), employs the following language:

"(The respondent) did falsely pretend to one, Lucien M Bourque, that he, the said Raoul J. Binette, the duly elected and qualified City Clerk of the City of Biddeford, Maine, for the year 1960, had, through the color...

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